Seattle police use Craigslist to nab johns
Seattle police used phony ads placed on Craigslist in a sting operation that over the past month led to the arrest of nearly 100 men and more than a dozen prostitutes, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports.

The newspaper wrote that the sting followed operations earlier this year in Everett, Wash., and Portland, Ore., where police arrested women who had allegedly been advertising sex on Craigslist.

According to the Post-Intelligencer, Seattle's vice squad initially "rented a room at a downtown hotel and, acting as customers, sought the services of prostitutes advertising in weekly papers and Craigslist."

Later, "police expanded the undercover operation, focusing this time on men paying for sex. Officers rented a downtown condo, used photos of female undercover officers, and advertised on Craigslist and in The Stranger and Seattle Weekly" two weeklies with online sites.

"We’re going to do this again and again and again," Lt. Eric Sano told the Post-Intelligencer, "so these guys will never know when we’re going to do it."